LOL I would NOT be surprised !!

What if some civilization in the past already had something like this, and there are ‘plates’ or pieces of rock out there (under sand dunes? written in the sides of those vases from ancient Egypt?)

Could they make portable readers that can at least spot old pottery chunks that are probably FULL of videos?

Manipulating the atoms in a crystal to store info is extremely high-precision, as is verifying the accuracy of the write). So is reading positions down to a few nanometers, But consumers wouldn’t need a $6000 reader to get, say, 10GB dumped to a hard drive … you’d carry your crystal and 16GB drive down to the corner store and user their reader to dump sector 37BJ to the drive. No need to trust them with your platter … but are you exposing all 360TB to potential damage from the machine?

Encrypted text is pretty much worthless to LLM. The hard part is getting decrypters to potential readers. RSS could get the text to readers; it could even get decrypters to readers as well … if someone was working on this problem.

Sounds like a ripping good way to keep corporate data (and government secrets) from the public radar.

That way we won’t find out whose hands public taxdollars (or public-owned structures rented to corporations) wind up in.

To quote ChatGPT:

“Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT cannot accurately cite sources because they do not have access to the internet and often generate fabricated references. This limitation is common across many LLMs, making them unreliable for tasks that require precise source citation.”

It also mentions Claude. Without a cite, of course.

Reliable information must be provided by a source with a reputation for accuracy … trustworthy. Else it’s little more than a rumor. Of course, to reveal a source is to reveal having read that source … which might leave the provider open to a copyright lawsuit.

Finding inconsistencies is not so hard. Pointing them out might be a -little- useful. But resolving them based on trustworthy sources can be a -lot- harder. Most science papers require privileged access. Many news stories may have been grounded in old, mistaken histories … if not on outright guesses, distortions or even lies. (The older the history, the worse.)

And, since LLMs are usually incapable of citing sources for their own (often batshit) claims any – where will ‘the right answers’ come from? I’ve seen LLMs, when questioned again, apologize that their previous answers were wrong.

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I have to admit I’ve only ever used it to translate a paragraph or two at a time… where I was just looking for the gist of a text.

Not too surprising, considering that for centuries many people well-versed in two languages have made a very good living as translators … and often having to get delicate nuances across (for poets as well as statesmen). It’s as much art as science.

overwriting articles written by humans with machine generated translations. I really don’t understand that! But then, there are truckloads of worthwhile texts from throughout history that will never see translations otherwise … so that’s a worthy cause. Over time it may be improved, IF the algos are given feedback that allows them to learn from mistakes.

deepl.com (text translation) has been useful to me

The Mint team also puts out a very stable version called LMDE which is based on Deb rather than Ubuntu.

Interesting when authority-figures start foaming at the mouth about the word ‘woke’. A dog-whistle to those who need the sleep-walking to keep behaving predictably … and to the work of those who’ve spent decades and billions to program that behavior. This cha-cha has been going on since at least the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.

Sooo… you’re looking for volunteers to join your discord … no website to learn more … and get involved with … who, where, what, why completely unknown … to ‘collaborate remotely’ to ‘foster critical thinking’ … with little mention of what ‘volunteers’ will get in return … that’s all a very vague come-on inviting complete strangers to cooperate with you … an completely unknown organization, no mention of your qualifications, no mention of who’s paying for this (podcasting is not free) or why … that is SO NOT TEMPTING

“It’s associated with “Location Services” on most devices, meaning that you cannot opt out of your phone reporting the locations of surrounding Wi-Fi devices without turning off your phone’s ability to obtain its location entirely.”

You may usually know where you’re at, but maybe someone else needs to?

Except in regions where there is no access to Pu … as the article itself pointed out.

Good point on the lubricants, but given the potential profits, it’s already being worked on. https://www.nyelubricants.com/space

That it is!

10 times as much as gold

To -make-, yep. As the article pointed out, there’s a lot of Amercium in waste dumps where old smoke detectors … and anyone can make it. Five times the half-life means it can power much longer missions.

Going by ‘colour’, I’d guess that headline came from the UK. Writing them is a tricky, trippy task.

Electrics produce maximum torque at 0 rpm …